What physicians get wrong about the risks of being overweight
Based on cues she'd picked up from popular culture and public health guidance, Stanford Medicine statistician Maya Mathur, PhD, had always assumed that being...
Doctors can get wrong about the risk of being overweight, study finds
A new study led by Dr. Maya Mathur of Stanford Medicine highlights the disparity between physicians' beliefs and empirical evidence concerning the mortality risks...
Dental health suffers in weight loss surgery patients, says study
Have you ever thought about the connection between weight loss and dental health?
It might seem unrelated, but a recent study from Brazil has found...
Vegan diet high in legumes can help you lose weight, study finds
Most people are aware that switching to a vegan diet can be beneficial for their health. A new 16-week study by the Physicians Committee...
Processed foods are key to developing obesity, study finds
A comprehensive study conducted by researchers at the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre has bolstered the Protein Leverage Hypothesis as a significant factor...
Scientists find new mechanism behind obesity
A paper published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences highlights growing evidence for the "protein leverage hypothesis," which posits...
Scientists find new cause of obesity epidemic
Most of us think that people gain weight because they eat too much or don't exercise enough. But what if there were something else...
The surprising link between inflammation and weight loss after bariatric surgery
Obesity is a growing concern that costs the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK around £6 billion a year, a number projected to...
The link between memory, eating, and obesity
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have made an exciting discovery: the connections in certain brain circuits related...
Plant-based diet may help allergic diseases in obesity
Allergic diseases, characterized by chronic inflammation and aberrant immune responses, can affect various parts of the body such as the lungs, skin, and nasal...